Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Mark Robson

1944. After his plane is shot down over Italy, American airman Colonel Joseph L. Ryan soon finds himself in an Italian prisoner of war camp, which is run with an iron hand by the cruel Major Battaglia...   [More...]

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Irwin Allen

Seaview is a revolutionary nuclear submarine designed by the renowned scientist Admiral Harriman Nelson. During trials of the submarine beneath the Arctic ice cap, the crew discover that the surface temperature of the Earth has risen dramatically, causing icebergs to melt...   [More...]

Wait Until Dark (1967)
Terence Young

On his return to New York, photographer Sam Hendrix is met by a woman he has never met before who asks him to take care of an antique doll...   [More...]

West Side Story (1961)
Jerome Robbins

New York City in the late 1950s. Two rival gangs of youths, the Jets and the Sharks, fight an increasingly fierce turf war on the streets of Manhattan...   [More...]

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Robert Aldrich

In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a child star of the music hall, but her success is envied by her sister Blanche. By 1935, the tables have been turned: Blanche has found fame and fortune as a film star whilst her sister wallows in alcoholism as her own acting career flounders...   [More...]

Wild River (1960)
Elia Kazan

In the wake of devastating floods in the early 1930s, the Federal Government decides to embark on a programme of dam building on the Tennessee River that will not only preserve the region but will also generate huge quantities of electricity...   [More...]

The Young One (1960)
Luis Buñuel

Accused of raping a white woman, a black jazz musician named Traver flees for his life, taking a boat to an island off the coast of Carolina...   [More...]